Mine detail: Sun Valley Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.71639, -111.79436

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Molybdenum, Rhenium, Cadmium
Ore:	Galena, Hematite, Jordisite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, Zippeite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	U SHAPED BEND OF PALEOSTREAM CHANNEL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Shinarump Conglomerate Member Of Chinle Formation
Host type:	Sandstone

References

MRDS	M002734
DEP	10027290
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 182, P. 103-159, 202-289.}{Deposit:: PETERSON, 1957, USGS TEI-690, BOOK 1, P. 158.}{Deposit:: PETERSON, 1959, AN OCCURRENCE OF RHENIUM ASSOCIATED WITH URANINITE IN COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA: ECON. GEOL. V. 54, P. 254-257.}{Deposit:: ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J.